Announcement No. 38 of the State Oceanic Administration on cancelling the construction permit for submarine cable laying. Country/Territory China Document type Miscellaneous Date 2017 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Energy, Sea Keyword Authorization/permit Energy conservation/energy production Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract For the purpose of improving the efficiency of administrative examination and approval, from the date of the announcement, the State Oceanic Administration and its branches shall only issue the construction approval documents for the laying of the submarine cables and pipes and the construction licenses for the laying of the submarine cables and pipes shall no longer be issued. Full text Chinese Website www.soa.gov.cn